Frontier Times Museum

Mission:

As the only public museum in Bandera County, the museum is committed to serving as an educational and cultural resource for the residents of Bandera County and our visitors.   The museum’s mission is to honor the vision of its founder, J. Marvin Hunter, Sr., and to preserve and interpret the cultural heritage of Bandera County and the surrounding Hill Country.

About Us:

As visitors walk through the museum’s doors, they are transported back to the days when museums served as cabinets of curiosities, displaying wonderful and weird treasures.   Museum founder and luminary, J. Marvin Hunter, Sr., never said no to a gift to the museum’s collection.  He felt that if the artifact was important to the donor, then it should be important to everyone.  This resulted in the museum’s eclectic and eccentric collection that has amazed visitors for 80 years.  Today, the museum also serves to honor the legacies of the American cowboy and our ranching traditions with displays on local rodeo champions, the Harvey Chelf Barbed Wire Collection, the Debbie Henderson Western Hat Collection, and the Frontier Times Museum Texas Heroes Hall of Honor.